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Create Time For What Is Important

"Why has time disappeared in our culture? How is it that after decades of inventions and new technologies devoted to saving time and labor, the result is that there is no time left? We are a time-poor society; we are temporally impoverished. And there is no issue, no aspect of human life, that exceeds this in importance. The destruction of time is literally the destruction of life."

~ Jacob Needleman

 

Businesses Gaining Popularity With Business2Blogger

 

Ever wonder how so many bloggers have the opportunity to receive free products to review and sometimes give away?  And why do so many businesses, big or small, do this?  Blog reviews certainly prove to be a very popular way to market a product.  One of the easiest ways to help a business find the right blogger to promote their product is Business2Blogger.  Using Business2Bloggers helps an individual or manufacturer solicit product reviews for free.

 

How a business finds the right blogger?

The business or manufacturer decides what to offer bloggers for compensation, by designing a campaign in a Business2Blogger account.  B2B will send the offer out to their bloggers.  The bloggers then decide if they are interested in working with the business.  B2B then compiles them and sends them to the business or manufacturer.  

 

How B2B benefits a blogger? 

After a blogger signs up for free, B2B will send weekly emails containing paid blogging opportunities.  The blogger just needs to read the proposal and decide if it's right for their blog.  Once the business and blogger are joined B2B leaves the two work happily ever after.  

 

Whether your business is big or small  Business2Blogger will help you find the right blogger to promote what's important to you.  It's quick and simple.  For more information go here.

 

Giveaway Over At Stumbled Upon Savings

 

Hi everyone!  Just want to let you know there is a giveaway over at Stumbled Upon Savings today.  It ends tomorrow morning so hurry on over.  Good Luck! 

 

 

Build Your Dream

“Everybody builds a dream in their lifetime. You’re either going to build your dream, or somebody else's. So build your own!"

~ Christopher LaBrec

 

Slow Down

 

"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast -- you also miss the sense of where you are going and why."

~ Eddie Cantor

 

Giveaway at Imagine Childhood

Imagine Childhood is having a great giveaway.  If you have little ones you are not going to want to miss this.  There are two prizes:

1st winner gets a beautiful handcrafted wooden bridge construction set (measures roughly 4'x2'x2').

2nd winner gets a $50 gift certificate to the Imagine Childhood shop.

The giveaway closes on Monday, November 15, so head on over and enter now.

Good Luck!

 

Don't Waste Your Life On Things

 

Our life is short. We only get one shot at it. The time goes by quick. And once we use it up, we can’t get it back. So make the most of it. Possessions steal our time and energy. They require unending maintenance to be cleaned, maintained, fixed, replaced, and removed. They steal our precious attention, time, and energy and we don’t even notice it… until it’s too late.

➛ Johsua Becker

AboutOne : Family Management Made Simple

Imagine yourself sitting in the doctor's office and your in need of some crucial information you left at home.  What about all those photos left on your phone because you just didn't have the time to download them onto to your computer to get into a photo album.  If this has happened to you then you need to try AboutOne.com.

 

I'm always looking for easy ways to manage my household.  Like many others, I created a Household Management Binder and it works great when I'm home but I can't carry that huge binder around in my purse.  And forget about trying to store all my memories in it.  When I discovered AboutOne.com it was a dream come true for me.

 

So what is it exactly?  AboutOne is an online family management system that helps busy families manage what matters most: precious memories and household information. It was designed by moms for moms (and dads too!) to make managing this information fast, fun, and easy.  In my opinion It's not just for families.  College students can use this system too.  It's a great way to store all those important school documents and college memories.  Have a pet?  You can store all of your pets medical info too!

Here are just a few of my favorite features AboutOne offers:

• FREE 15-day trial or special offer of $30/year for life!
•  In just a few clicks your information is stored with bank-level security
• Send pictures and files from your cell phone to your AboutOne Inbox instantly.
• Easily creates family newsletters, scrapbooks, beautiful hard-cover memory books or baby-books.
• Simplify mailing holiday cards; or completing school forms, college applications, caregiver instructions, and tax returns.
• Live support available

 

 

 

So, head over to AboutOne.com and see for yourself what everyone is raving about.

AboutOne.com is generously offering all Lilolu readers 10% off the subscription price.  To redeem discount enter code: LILOLU.

Gluten Free Bisquick Giveaway and Printable Coupon (Closed)

 

...and the winner is... 

 Jessie C. said...

http://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/27934144697

                                                                                                 

Thanks to all who participated!

 

 

Through MyBlogSpark, Bisquick sent me a box of their gluten free baking mix to try out.  With Bisquick Gluten Free baking mix, you can make pancakes, waffles, biscuits and more.  Since its release in 1931, Bisquick has become a trusted staple in America's kitchens for easy-to-prepare dishes.  Now the convenience of Bisquick baking mixes will be available to the gluten-free community too, so everyone can enjoy the family favorite Bisquick recipes you love like fluffy pancakes, easy pies, mouth-watering casseroles and more! 

We made pancakes with our box and according to my kids they were great.  Not much different from the regular kind.  

Make sure to look for Bisquick Gluten Free baking mix in the baking aisle at your local grocery store. 

To find great recipe tips and ideas, visit www.bisquick.com/glutenfree. There, you’ll find countless gluten-free recipes for family favorites such as Gluten Free Strawberry Shortcakes and Gluten Free Pizza Crust, using Bisquick Gluten Free baking mix. 

 

Giveaway

Through MyBlogSpark, Bisquick sent me and is offering one lucky reader a prize pack that you and your family can enjoy.  The prize pack will include:

 

• 1 box of Gluten Free baking mix
• 1 pancake pan
• 1 pancake pen
• 1 spatula

 

To Enter (required):

Leave a comment saying " Sign me up! " below.

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• Place Lilolu's badge on your blog. (grab from left sidebar and leave a comment below with link)
• Blog about this giveaway. (leave a comment below with link)

Printable Coupon:

download a printable coupon for $1 off Bisquick Gluten Free baking mix here.

So, there you have it and as usual opinions in this post are my honest opinions and is not influenced in any way.  Giveaway item is provided by the company or pr firm representing the company mentioned in the post.

Comments will close on Monday, October 25th, 2010 at 6:00 A.M. EST.  Good luck!

 

Anyone Can Become Angry

Source: Virtualfunzone

"Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy."

~ Aristotle